Author Eileen Culloty

Dr Eileen Culloty is a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute for Future Media and Journalism (FuJo) where she works on a number of institute projects including the JOLT European Training Network (H2020), PROVENANCE (H2020) and the Reuters Digital News Report. As part of the JOLT-ETN, she is co-supervisor of a PhD on ‘new journalism publics’ and a member of the project management team. Her research examines the digital public sphere with a specific focus on knowledge-driven media, digital citizenship and information literacy. She is a member of the BAI Media Literacy Network.

The Irish Research Council’s Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship 2018 call is now open. FuJo is interested in hearing from any prospective post-doctoral researchers in the areas of media trust,…

On Saturday, Professor David Buckingham opened the ‘Critical Media Literacy’ conference hosted by DIT’s Centre for Critical Media Literacy. David is an internationally recognised expert on media literacy education…

Applications are invited to apply for a 2-year postdoctoral position (€31,000/year) in the Institute for Future Media and Journalism, at Dublin City University, Ireland The postdoctoral scholar will carry…

.@ColmLearns writes for FuJo on how sports media is using nostalgia to fill the hole left by the lack of live sport during the #COVID19 pandemic. Is it necessarily indulgent or can it help foster a critical view of the past and present?
fujomedia.eu/yesterdays-gam…

"It seems that the biggest social network in the world is, at least in part, basing its response to pandemic-related misinformation on a misreading of the academic literature." wired.com/story/why-is-f…

RT @jamesrbuk Left, tomorrow’s Guardian front page.
Right, tomorrow’s Mail front page.
They’re both write ups of the same study, and they’re both at least sort-of-accurate reflections of it.
No wonder the public is confused. pic.twitter.com/ccVbQ2zxAY